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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Vegetable Stew

Vegetable Stew is always in our weekly menu. I prepare it as a side-dish usually for idli or appam. I never had idli-stew combination before my wedding and I found that it was something very common at my husband's family. I was actually unaware of such a combo and for me it was always idli-chutney or idly-sambhar. I just loved idli and vegetable stew combo the first time I had it and from then on I started preparing stew for idli.

The stew is a common sidedish for most of the breakfast in Kerala such as appam, idiyappam etc. The vegetables are cooked in coconut milk along with whole spices which makes this curry so flavourful and delicious. I have posted Soya chunks stew recipe long back, which is a small variation to this. If you haven't tried idli - stew combo, do try it and you will love this.

Heat oil in a pan. Add the whole spices as mentioned above and saute until it emits aroma. Add ginger, green chillies, curry leaves and saute for a minute. Now add onions and saute until onion turns transparent.

Add the vegetables, pepper and salt and saute for a few minutes. Add the thin coconut milk and water if required, then cover and cook until all the vegetables are cooked. Reduce the flame and finally add the thick coconut milk and mix well. Simmer for 3-4 minutes. Serve with idli, appam or idiyappam.

Sending this to the Kerala Kitchen event hosted by Kaveri , original event announcement here.

I have had stew with the sanna idli - and yes, it was delicious. But never with the regular idli. It has been some time since I made stew. And now am motivated enough to make it today. The stew in the picture looks so good.

Never tried Idli-Ste combo, love both though. will give it a try soon. Loved those clicks dear, very sharp and beautiful clicks.You have an award waiting at my space, pls come and grab it dear...http://cook-ezee.blogspot.com/2012/01/lemon-rice-and-awards.html